Rerailer.



W. L. BUYER.

RERAILER.

APPLICATION FILED mn.2s.1911.

Patented May 22, 1917.

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s w- OFFICE- "WARREN L. orne, or Lonerr/r senow, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO BEMIS can TRUCK co urANY; orsrnmsrinnn, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION ornate- WARE.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN L. Borne, a citizen of the Unitedfitates, and aresident of Longmeadow, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have made and invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rerailers, of which the following is a specification. l My invention relates to a rerailer, and particularly to one whichuis adapted for replacing street railway'cars, wherein the derailed wheels are located at the approximate height of tliehead of the rail. It is anobject of my invention to provide a rerailer of the above mentioned type which will quickly and effectively replace a car wheel upon the rail, and to so form and construct the rerailer that it may be used for replacing 'either] the derailed wheel located between the rails or the derailed wheelwhich is located to the side of the rails. W V i "A further object is to provide a rerailer which is light in weight, and accordingly may be handledwith ease and despatch, and of such design that theinitial pressure upon the rerailer asthe wheel mounts thereon is in a downward direction, preventing the rerailer from beingpushed forward.

A further object is to provide a rerailer in which cooperating parts are provided for engaging both the tread and flange of the derailed wheel which islocated "to one side of the rails, andsoimpart thereto a transverse thrust, sothat the wheel, in moving upwardly and along the rerailer, istransversely shifted, and is moved upon the sloping throwoff nose in an oblique direction, rendering more positive the delivery of the wheel to and upon the rail.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description proceeds, wherein it is to be understood that changes in theme-- cise embodiment ofthe invention may be made withinthe scope of whatis claimed without departing from the spirit thereof.

The preferred embodiment of myinvention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings wherein: p

Flgure 11s a view in plan of a pair of my improved rerailers in the act of replacing a set of wheels upon the rails;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective disclosing the manner in which the inside wheel is Specification of Letters Patent.

RERAILER.

Application filed January 26,1917. Serial No. 144,613;

' replaced upon the rail, and Fig. 3 is a similar view disclosing'the manner in which the outside wheel is replaced;

Fig. i is a view in vertical section taken on the line L- l of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a view in vertical section on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2. i

Referring specifically to the several views, my lmproved rerailer is composed of the taken transversely and downwardly sloping delivery nose 10, the same being ofthe shed type form, and has theextreme outer edge 11 thereof rounded, so as to facilitate the delivery of the wheel upon the rail regardless of the angular position which the derailed wheel may have assumed with respect to the rail. Extending to the sides of the delivery nose, and connected thereto by the inclines 12, are the flat projections or ledges 13, the same merging into the inclines, and the inclines merging into the delivery nose in a gradual manner, so that a wheel may pass from the fiat projections to the in- I clines and from the inclines to the delivery apex 16 of the delivery nose, and in order to shift and transversely move the wheel as it is forced upwardly along the tread-engaging arms, I have provided the upstanding and obliquely-extending flanges 16, the same extending from the apex 16 of the delivery surface obliquely across the tread-engaging arms, and adapted to engage the outer edge of the wheel tread. The formation of flat projections, inclines, tread-engaging arms, and oblique flanges, extending to both sides of the delivery nose, allows the replacer to be used for replacing wheels regardless of the direction of movement of the latter.

The extreme ends of the flat projections 13 and the tread-engaging arms l5are rounded, and in each case, terminating in a thin plate,

provide that the initial pressure upon the rerailer by the wheel will be in a downward direction, anchoring the rerailer in place and preventing its being pushed forward by the wheel. Suitable webs 17 project beneath the delivery nose, inclines, and tread-engaging arms, and so internally brace the rerailer that a strong and rigid structure is provided, capable of prolonged use, without danger of becoming fractured or broken in service.

In replacing the outside wheel A upon the rail, my improved rerailer is positioned as illustrated in Fig. l, with the tread-engaging arm projecting beneath the wheel tread, and with the rounded delivery nose adjacent the rail head. The forward movement of the wheel causes the Wheel tread to pass upwardly upon the tread-engaging arm, and in so doing the flange B of the wheel comes intoforcible contact with the ther movement of the wheel causes the same to be transversely shifted and delivered to the sloping throw-off nose 10 while traveling in an oblique direction, which materially facilitates the further shifting of the wheel by the throw-off nose and its subsequent replacement upon the rail. In replacing the inside wheel (I, my rerailer is positioned with the flat projection 18 extending beneath the wheel flange, so that the forward movement of the wheel results in the flange mounting upon the flat projection and passing up the incline 12. As the wheel flange travels up the incline 12 to the sloping throw-off nose 10, it is transversely shifted, which movement is accelerated as the wheel reaches the throw-off nose, from which portion itslides' down to, and is replaced upon, the rail.

What I claim is 1. A rerailer consisting of a transversely sloping throw-off nose, an upwardly and transversely sloping incline connected to said throw-off nose, a plate-like projection connected to said incline, and an upwardly sloping arm connected to the throw-ofi' nose, to the upper edge of said incline, and projecting beyond the extremity of said platelike projection.

2. A rerailer consisting of a transversely sloping throw-off nose, an upwardly and transversely sloping incline connected to said throw-0E nose, a plate-like projection connected to said incline, and a tread-en- Copies of this patent may be obtained for gaging arm connected to the upper edge of said incline and to the said throw-off nose.

3. A rerailer consisting of a transversely sloping throw-0E or delivery surface, an

n wardl s10 in tread-en a in arm con- 4. A rerailer consisting of a transversely sloping throw-off or delivery surface, an upwardly sloping tread-engaging arm con nected to said throw-off surface, an incline connected to the sloping throw-ofl' surface and to the edge of the tread-engaging arm, an upstanding flange extending obliquely across the tread-engaging arm, and a flat plate-like projection connected to said incline."

5. A rerailer consisting of a shed-like body formed with a transversely sloping throw-off surface, a tread-engaging arm terminating at the apex of the throw-off surface, an upstanding flange 'extending obliquely across the tread-engaging arm from the apex of-the said throw-ofl surface.

6. A rerailer consisting of a shed-like body formed with a transversely sloping throw-off surface, a tread-engaging arm terminating at the apex of the throw-ofl surface, an upstanding flange extending obliquely across the tread-engaging arm from the apex of the said throw-off surface, and a flat plate-like projection with an inclined portion connected to said tread-engaging arm and to the said sloping throw-off surface. V

7. A rerailer consisting of a shed-like body having a substantially centrally located transversely sloping throw-off surface, flat plate-like projections connected to, and extending to the sides of, the said throw-01f surface and merging into the same by up wardly and transversely-extending inclines, tread-engaging arms projecting beyond the edges of the said flat projections and connected to the upper portions of the throw-off surface, and obliquely extending upstanding flanges projecting across the tread-engaging arms, adjacent the throw-0E surface.

Signed at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Mass, this 17th day of January A. D. 1917.

WARREN L. BOYER.

Witnesses:

J osnrrr A. LAMMoN, EDWIN VAN WART.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

